[ncolug] Re: /etc/shadow !! in password file

  • From: Mike <bellyacres@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:47:24 -0400

On 06/20/2013 01:27 PM, M. Knisely wrote:
The basics is that a person deleted a bunch of service accounts on a VMware ESX machine. I need to recreate these service accounts. The original service accounts have in the /etc/shadow line for the user "!!" without the quotes in the password section of that user's line.


Then again... Where is the backup? This should be a simple restore issue! Why go through all this just to restore a few mouse clicks? :)

Mike

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